DOTAFire Blogs

My little project has progressed sufficiently that I feel it is acceptable to speak of it.

What have I done?

Well, quite a lot actually. I've written down a large chunk of the story in case I ever forget it and continue to write it today. I've created a few other Heroes as well, to keep Anya company in her long journey.

The World

The setting has been fleshed out further. It is decidedly NOT in the Warcraft universe, albeit in one similar.

The known world is ruled by a human kingdom and a line of strong kings. Most of the other species of the world - gnolls, kobolds, minotaurs and the like - seem content with this, as no faction expresses outward hostility towards others. However, tragedy has struck - the king has died, leaving his infantile son too young to rule. To this extent, the king's close friend Lord Sandrus has been appointed as the Regent. He is assisted by the councillor, Lady Alana Kilvarrow. Though the kingdom has entered somewhat of a rocky period, the co-regency seems…
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For several years I was completely immersed in following college and professional sports. I could tell you stats, names, schedules, and trades for year after year.

But then all of the sudden I was immune to it. I only saw it as this continual cycle of wins, losses, trades, and scandals(by no means am I bashing the following of sports, just sharing my experience with it). I couldn't get an interest going in it, so my attention gradually shifted toward games--eventually leading to DotA.

Since grabbing my attention, dota has held it firmly. But why?

Balance Patches.

These amazing things allow us to play vastly different games than those of the previous patch were, and the next patch will cause things to be just as different. Sure those strategies can rollover a bit and still be effective, but here's to hoping TI5 will be waaaay better that its predecessor. And if it is, we will have balance patches to thank for it.

Every game of dota even within a patch is markedly different, but a b…
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Bloodseeker has a very simple but effective combo after you get to level 6. Even beginners can do this combo.
First, use Rupture (R). They will attempt to run away until they realize that they lose health.
Second, use Blood Rite. They won't move because they will lose more from moving than from the Blood Rite. But the damage is just a small part. The main part is the silence. They can't use any abilities.
Third, ATTACK! They will fight back, but they will be silenced for a little, so if you have any idea how to right click, then you get an easy kill.
WARNINGS
Beware of enemies attacking you while you attack them. If your too focused on the one guy, then you can be easily ambushed.
But this combo basically guarantees a kill unless you have an extreme level disadvantage.
I hope that you will succeed in getting kill after kill with this combo!
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Excess of something good is bad.
When you get tired of DoTA you take a break
When you get tired of Forums, you take a break.

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Some recent exchanges have gone the undesirable way. Makes me realize that there is a mix of people bias and some communication fiascos on my side as well. So while I work on that, I wish to Thank each and every one at dota fire for extending their site to me; once again.. For some inexplicable reason, whenever I come here it always felt like being in the presence of family. I never understood why.

I hoped as I started writing my first posts with this account that I do not offend Hades.
I hoped as I came to be a regular poster here, that people might change a bit of their perceptions about me. I think I partially achieved it, as porygon and smuggles could attest to it with their signatures.
I hoped that I gain some good friends here and make this good site my permanent place of Serious residence, contributing to good sirs' and madams' thoughts.
I hoped to rede…
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CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION

Hello everyone! By now you probably all know me, but just in case this makes it ouside the boundaries of this community, my name is Wulfstan, and I'm proud to call myself a member of the DotaFIRE community.


Why am I writing this? I see so many people feeling discouraged when they first play this game, so I'd like to share some insight on my point of view on this. Starting out is really hard for everyone. DoTA/DOTA 2 has a really high learning curve. You can't even think how hard it was for me to learn on how to play this game at a decent level. There's still so many things to learn, because Valve/Icefrog kind of keep the game fresh with all the balance patches and the new heroes added to the game.

CHAPTER II : DOTA'S BEGGININGS

So, without further due, let's go on with it. Back in the old days, we had no DOTA 2. DoTA was not a standalone game. It was a mod/map in WC3(Warcraft III). It is based off of Aeon of Strife, an old SC (Starcraft) map that revolv…
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Just FYI, this blog is gonna jump around all areas of Dota probably, I'll try to post relatively frequently.

I can't remember the last time I bought a Daedalus.

I've played all the common carriers, Drow Ranger, Medusa, Troll, a few others--but I never feel that I want to invest in the item. But why?

Well, The famous crit stick offers one thing: An attack damage increase through base attack damage and critical hits. It does this really well and you can melt people with it, but what if.

what if the enemy core suddenly grabs evasion and I need MKB, what if the enemy gets a few damage items and I suddenly need to be tankier or get evasion, what if the enemy gets BKBs and I need an Abyssal or Skadi to keep them off of me?

I end up never getting a Daedalus because it only gives me one dimension of usefulness. Eye of Skadi gives me stats, damage, and a slow-- Skull Basher gives me damage and a disable--MKB gives me true strike-- Butterfly gives me damage, attack speed, and evasion. …
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Over the last few weeks I've been a bit mystified. My winrate had dropped a bit, and I couldn't figure out why I was dropping games, I kept feeling like I had little control over the outcome of a match.

However, this evening I had a bit of a revelation.

The current patch and meta has ever so sneakily shifted me away from all the heroes I am great at and has left me with the ones I'm only average with. When I look at a hero pool now I don't see my early/mid game favorites of Lifestealer, Drow Ranger, Dragon Knight, and Huskar. No, I immediately go towards Troll Warlord(sorry), [[Juggernaut]}(really sorry), or some other late-blooming carry.

Now it's not bad for my group of preferred heroes to change, I just can't expect to get the same results trying out a new build on Troll to the results I get with my Drow or DK of a few patches ago.

I suppose the point of this is to encourage others that may be having the same experience. Don't just blindly remember that Jugg is good, figure…
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So, new blog series. Not story-related, thank God.

I've recently gotten back into Warcraft III, what's not to love! As in the past, I've gravitated towards the World Editor for making my own maps. This is where Dota started, and while I am certainly not following in Icefrog's footsteps there's no reason I can't make an RPG!

Hence the blog.

My latest project, started only yesterday, is a single-player RPG called 'Rising Tides'. It follows in the footsteps of the half-elven Augur Rogue Anya Sundancer. (Augur Rogue is a Hero class that basically combines elements of the rogue and the mage - think TA cross OD. No spoilers on the story yet, as I have only a vague idea of where it's heading, but this is going to be a long campaign over multiple maps, where we follow the lovely Anya's battles with various evil forces and dark conspiracies.

Already this thing has raised numerous challenges. The trigger editor is making my head literally hurt. The terraining is taking forever due to the det…
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Once upon a time...

there was a bloke called .... smuggels

and he was introduced to a fantastic game called "Defence of the ancients 2" by a friend of his. Now he used to play DotA1 a lot back in his more juvenile days so he though HEY i remember this game and was ready for fun times to be had. (*CARRY LESHRAC FTW*)

now after many many hours and a lot of games it was safe to say he had no idea how to play but he persevered and was addicted in no time.

then with a new update big shiny letters RANKED gameplay was introduced being level 16 or so and having a couple of hundred games under his belt ole smuggels thought he was the **** and went i could totally do this.

sadly he was not the **** NOR was he in particular any good. thus he got a 1.1 or 1.4 something MMR ... *fuzzy on actual number*

thinking this was the best thing ever he was quickly disabused from the notion by reddit and fellow dota players.

thus he didnt touch the RANKED section for some time BUT it was always there i…
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